Epilogue Allusions and other ReferencesAll Excerpts From: S. A. Bodeen. “The Compound.” Will and Testament “ He also took the opportunity to reiterate* the intricacies of my father’s will, read six years before upon his “death,” which left control of the company to Phil until Eddy, the sole heir, turned twenty-five.” the Press
“Of course, the media involved weren’t all legitimate press. The tabloids had a field day with the available facts. ”
Big Island “We were on a chartered jet bound for the Big Island and Gram’s house. Luckily, through all the chaos, no pictures of us ever emerged, so people weren’t recognizing us on the street. ”
Spokane“Medical personnel flew Mom to the hospital in Spokane where she had our little brother, Finnegan. ”
Literary Devices “I assumed that the rest of us turning up alive would put a few kinks in Phil’s plan, but that would remain to be seen.”
“Phil did a few interviews, speaking officially for the company. He stated how emphatically joyful he was that we were all alive and how sad that Rex Yanakakis, brilliant founder of YK Industries, had not been found with us. Lying dirtbag. ” “The rescue is becoming a blur. I had been operating on adrenaline, and reuniting with Eddy had shut everything down, made me a basket case”
“Gram encircled me with her ample arms and smothered me with kisses that left me reeking of White Shoulders and Bengay. Nothing ever smelled so good to me.”
“Els stood behind her, tinier than I remembered. I towered over her by more than a foot.”
“veryone thought Dad had been killed in an RV fire with the rest of us six years ago. Although the rest of us showing up alive shot some major holes in that story, ”
“ I didn’t feel as alien as I’d expected. The world had gone on without us, but we hadn’t been left behind.”
“Some papers even took the angle that the rest of us had gone to live there without him and he’d been searching for us in the RV when he was killed. Crazy, what those rags came up with.”
“She conceded that she would allow Phil to run the company for now, but anticipated that she and her two oldest sons would soon be major players in the world of YK Industries.”
“Every passing day in the sunshine and salt water slightly dulls the fear. I don’t know if there’s enough blue sky or waves in the world to push me toward anything resembling forgiveness, let alone a feeling of security. ”
“ I turn and notice a small bit of white in the sand a few steps behind me.... A Tums wrapper. More accurately, a half-empty roll, which was why it hadn’t blown away.”
Epilogue
Allusions and other ReferencesAll Excerpts From: S. A. Bodeen. “The Compound.”
Will and Testament
“ He also took the opportunity to reiterate* the intricacies of my father’s will, read six years before upon his “death,” which left control of the company to Phil until Eddy, the sole heir, turned twenty-five.”
the Press
“Of course, the media involved weren’t all legitimate press. The tabloids had a field day with the available facts. ”
Big Island
“We were on a chartered jet bound for the Big Island and Gram’s house. Luckily, through all the chaos, no pictures of us ever emerged, so people weren’t recognizing us on the street. ”
Spokane
Vocabulary and Concepts
Bengayabducted by alienspress conferencebasket caseTumspostal servicefire sirens
Literary Devices
“I assumed that the rest of us turning up alive would put a few kinks in Phil’s plan, but that would remain to be seen.”
“Phil did a few interviews, speaking officially for the company. He stated how emphatically joyful he was that we were all alive and how sad that Rex Yanakakis, brilliant founder of YK Industries, had not been found with us. Lying dirtbag. ”
“The rescue is becoming a blur. I had been operating on adrenaline, and reuniting with Eddy had shut everything down, made me a basket case”
“Gram encircled me with her ample arms and smothered me with kisses that left me reeking of White Shoulders and Bengay. Nothing ever smelled so good to me.”
“Els stood behind her, tinier than I remembered. I towered over her by more than a foot.”
“veryone thought Dad had been killed in an RV fire with the rest of us six years ago. Although the rest of us showing up alive shot some major holes in that story, ”
“ I didn’t feel as alien as I’d expected. The world had gone on without us, but we hadn’t been left behind.”
“Some papers even took the angle that the rest of us had gone to live there without him and he’d been searching for us in the RV when he was killed. Crazy, what those rags came up with.”
“She conceded that she would allow Phil to run the company for now, but anticipated that she and her two oldest sons would soon be major players in the world of YK Industries.”
“Every passing day in the sunshine and salt water slightly dulls the fear. I don’t know if there’s enough blue sky or waves in the world to push me toward anything resembling forgiveness, let alone a feeling of security. ”
“ I turn and notice a small bit of white in the sand a few steps behind me.... A Tums wrapper. More accurately, a half-empty roll, which was why it hadn’t blown away.”